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Ani (אני) means me in Hebrew.

It can also mean I. It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

אֲנִי
ani
word
In English

me, I

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with א

The dictionary gives one meaning for Ani.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    כינוי המציין גוף ראשון יחיד.
    וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יִצְחָק אָבִיו, מִי־אָתָּה; וַיֹּאמֶר, אֲנִי בִּנְךָ בְכֹרְךָ עֵשָׂו.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Ani is a word.

Written with vowel points
אֲנִי
Written without vowel points
אני
Said
ani
Root
א־נ־ה
Pattern
קְטִי
Inflections
הֶפסק; אָנִי
Gematria
61

This is how Ani is said in other languages.

English
me, I
Arabic
أنا
Russian
я
French
je
Spanish
yo
German
ich
Yiddish
איך

These words mean nearly the same as Ani.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words rhyme with Ani.

The word Ani is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • אני ישנה ולבי ער
  • אני חושב משמע אני קים
  • אני אהיה לו לאב והוא יהיה לי לבן
  • אני ואפסי עוד
  • אם אין אני לי מי לי
  • אני מאמין
  • אני מאשים

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

The word Ani comes from the root א־נ־ה, like these words.

This is where the word Ani comes from.

מן המקרא. מקבילות בשפות אחרות באותה משמעות: אוגריתית (אַנ), ארמית אֲנָא, סורית ܐܶܢܳܐ ʾena, ערבית أنا ʾana. ייתכן שקשור לחיתית בהגיית נֶה.

These words come before and after Ani in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Ani.

What does Ani (⁨אני⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Ani (⁨אני⁩) means me and I. It is said ani, with the stress on ni.

What is a synonym for Ani (⁨אני⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Ani (⁨אני⁩) are ⁨אנוכי⁩ and ⁨עצמי⁩.

What rhymes with Ani (⁨אני⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Ani (⁨אני⁩) include ⁨מיני⁩, ⁨עני⁩, ⁨שני⁩, ⁨קיצוני⁩, ⁨צמחוני⁩, and ⁨צבעוני⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אני of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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